Lark
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LARK
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Lark is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lark, a songbird”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Lark mean?
English: English word for the songbird
“lark, a songbird”
The skylark, famous for singing as it rises at dawn, inspired Shelley's ode To a Skylark.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lark a girl's or a boy's name?
Lark is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 32 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Lark in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Lark, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls. 3 boys were also named Lark in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Lark in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Lark in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Lark in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Lark, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 1950, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945. 6 boys were also named Lark in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lark than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Lark in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 84% of the babies named Lark in the US were girls.
Lark in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,672 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,678 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,666 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,647 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,357 |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,224 |
| 1951 | 54 | #1,265 |
| 1950 | 67 | #1,122 |
| 1949 | 66 | #1,108 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
Names like Lark
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lark: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lark, updated 20 October 2026.